On Friday 09 March 2007, John Prentice wrote: >Hi, > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Stephen Wille Padnos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ><snip> > >> You're probably thinking of the Griffin PowerMate: >> <http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/powermate/> >> It used to be available in black as well, but it looks like it isn't >> any more. >> >> Although it's probably a quadrature encoder inside, I think it's only >> 32 counts per rev (at 4x). I believe that X (Linux) gets events like >> a keyboard, so it may work with the input driver, possibly after some >> modifications. It has 5 basic operations: rotation CW or CCW, button >> press (and release of course), and rotation CW/CCW while the button is >> pressed. It's not RT in any case, so it could be used with halui or a >> GUI, but not as a jogwheel as Andy was wanting. > >and I believe the "encoder" is metallic contacts. > >If you want a very controllable movement for jogging to a "touch", > rather than one click is a thou, for manual machining it is worth > looking at: > >http://www.contourdesign.com/shuttlepro/shuttlexpress.htm > >5 buttons (axis selection?), a spring loaded ring with 7 steps each side > of centre (continuous jog at 7 different speeds - make them geometric > ratios), a centre "jog" wheel (coarse steps but fine for the last few > thou).
Now that I may have, I have an editing controller that matches that description, made by panasonic for the dvc-pro stuffs. Spring loaded, center off outside dial, and a continuous inner dial with a finger depression so you can spin it. NDI how to go about interfaceing it with emc though, hints welcome obviously. >I removed my "real" MPG from a mill in preference for this $60 device . > You can whip from and to end of end to end of an axis at full rapid but > slow to a kissing touch with great safety. IMO a case of not having to > emulate how handles connected to the old racks of TTL controlled > machines :=) > >Not done it with EMC2, but device is a well behaved HID (Vendor Id > 0x0B33, Product Id 0x33) so it might not be too hard. Don't bother with > the driver that comes with it (Win only I think anyhow). I would send > someone $60 to buy a wheel if that got us a HAL module for it > (seriously). > >John Prentice > And I'd go for another $50 myself. >ps its brother Shuttle Pro has more buttons but I don't think I would >remember which does what and no easy way to label them :=) > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn > cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVD >EV _______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) "Pull the trigger and you're garbage." -- Lady Blue ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
